Egg Sucking Leech, Green Egg Variant

Fly: Ken Driedger, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: Salmon 2/0-4
Thread: Unithread 6/0, Wine
Tail: Rabbit strip
Body: Black chenille
Hackle: Long, webby schlappen
Ribbing: Copper tinsel counterwound
Egghead: Hot chartreuse chenille

Fished wet all season, on a tight line, either damp, or full wet, and allowed to swim on the downstream hang for a few moments before a slow jerky retrieve. Before copper tinsel was readily available, copper pot scrubbers (Chore Boys/Girls) were unravelled and the resulting copper tinsel used.

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